English
edaphologic
Edaphologic comes from Ancient Greek ἔδαφος ‘ground’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔδαφοςédaphos‘ground’
- Englishtodayedaphologic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔδαφοςédaphos‘ground’
- Englishtodayedaphologic
Formed from -logic
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
set, president, size, sell, sit, sitting, seat, session, chair, method, resident, settle, assess, nest, possess, siege, saddle, exodus, niche, reside, subsidy, residue, residual, nye, sediment, insidious, sedan, dissident, beset, prasad, soot, sedentary, setter, obsess, cathode, anode, sedative, chaise, presidio, sate, 96 more
Today it means
adj of or pertaining to edaphology
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἔδαφος / edaphologic